Debate was good for that. Our team did a few outings to the University of Oregon Library, which was a couple hours away. Learning how to use a university library while still in high school was a skill for which I am grateful.
What years did you debate? I did cross-examination from ‘85-88
63-64, 64-65, 65-66 and was the Capitan of the Student organizers when my large suburban high school put on a state wide invitational tournament.
My debate partner and I are still best friends but live far apart. We get together for family events and fun experiences. We have been best friends since 1960, sixty years.
In college another buddy of mine placed and then won National Speaker and Team awards over a three year period and went on to tour in The English Speaking Debate tournament in Oxford. He garnered a full scholarship offer from Stanford for a Masters but turned it down to be a DJ in Amsterdam and smoke weed.